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February 1983: Arrow Mfg. Co., Forestville, Conn., used to specify AISI 1010 cold rolled steel and AISI 1075 annealed spring steel for electrical dips. After forming, the small parts were heat treated to up their hardness. Rejects due to part distortion during heat treating, however, were extremely high. In one case, for example, 76,000 clips out of a 120,000 clip run were rejected -- a 64% scrap rate.

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